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• Re: Alert for Oregonians-new tax for miles driven?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Gondry
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 10:50:58 -0800
  ...The proposal is to either > 1) install a GPS (global positioning system) device in each vehicle > to track each mile driven on Oregon roads...
• Maiden voyage (return)
  Historical mailing list - david woodward
  Tue, 11 Jul 1995 11:22:10 -0500 (CDT)
  ...It seems that the ajustment to the fuel injection (that bar that connects the throttle and the fuel system) was out of wack. The...
• Re: One last question and I'm on the road!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:07:23 -0500
  On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Rex Merriweather wrote: > New question, on the front of the motor where on a gas engine the fuel > pump...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 18 May 2004 (#2004-473)
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 19 May 2004 09:23:26 -0600
  ...As soon as I can adapt my american fuel pressure tester to the > german > test port, I will see what the fuel pressure is...
• UPDATE, FIXED: intermittent stumbling, stalling etc
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:42:46 -0500
  Over the past year I have had a lot of troubles with the fuel injection system on my 82 air cooled Westy. The symptoms...
• Re: Replacing FI with Carbs on WBX 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 7 Mar 2009 23:32:15 -0600
  ...All but the few vehicles with mechanical fuel delivery systems would be stalled on the side of the road. I definitely believe in the...
• Re: Fuel Filter
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:17:21 -0400
  ...do I leave the square one in front of the fuel pump and not use the metal one? Do I have him put the...
• Go Westy auto trans cooler
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:58:54 -0400
  A few months ago I finished an overhauling on Ursula, replacing everything related to fuel and cooling systems, engine and automatic transmission oil coolers...
• Re: AAZ diesel conversion
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 6 Jul 2011 17:00:47 -0400
  ...about the early TDI that coincidentally uses a primarily mechanical system to deliver fuel. Only with TDIs starting in 2004 (US market) did this...
• Giving up, Van for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Michal
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:03:30 -0400
  ...It needs an exhaust, a battery, and there is some gremlin in the fuel injection system and a minor coolant leak. It doesn�t...
• Re: weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 09:24:53 -0800
  ...Those tanks > with the fuel system claener (K44 or is it 44K) just seem to go on and on. > But when I figure in...
• Re: FUNKY-SOUNDING VANAGON ENGINES!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Sun, 29 Nov 1998 10:16:42 -0500
  ...choice of 60, 120, 180 or >240HP.....quick-connect driveshaft/fuel/exhaust systems! .....Snip... >would NOT have to worry >about using the Harley clutches...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:52:53 -0500
  ...At the moment i have a afm problem that i think is starving my fuel system.The tach still does not work and on...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:20:28 -0800
  ...distributor fuel system: Bosch Digijet Injection type: multi-point fuel injection - intermittient air metering: flow Valve timing at 1mm lift in degrees inlet open...
• Re: help me understand US emissions control strategy.(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:17:35 -0700
  ...Their guy states that > the US is so anti-diesel that they can't sell those fuel efficient vehicles > here. Yet I hear the...
• Re: 1.9 Running issues when wet out
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:59:45 -0800
  ...heck..for really severe cases perhaps a cockpit actuated system that mists down the entire engine compartment ! just joking . But the stuff is magic...
• Re: Rolling resistance
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:08:42 -0400
  ...Audi has actually sold this (though only in 2 > wheel drive vehicles, as it is too complex to work with their quattro > system.) The...
• Re: Lowering Coolant Pressure for Headgaskets
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Tue, 19 May 1998 14:51:03 -0700
  ...Remember, the entire > Digifant system is reliant upon 195 deg F water temp for proper (ops normal) > feedback to the ECU. Anything lower than...
• Re: Easiest Platform to Convert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:39:33 -0700
  ...Diesel Syncro fuel tank Starting with a water cooled Vanagon will only reduce the need to install a radiator system / heating system. Boxer / wasserboxer...
• Re: Leaking PS fluid, replace rack or just seals?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:13:06 -0800
  ...Why should it be any different than say, the water pump? Or the fuel tank/hoses? etc. On 1/24/06, John Rodgers <inua...
• Re: squished gas tank?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:48:55 -0700
  If his problem was really in the vapor tank system (or even partially), the tank will "top off" at different levels from fill-up...
• Re: Long pipes update...
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Mon, 17 Sep 2001 06:18:38 -0400
  ...I have dropped my fuel tank and found more rust on the top of it (although no rust through) and rusted brake lines (split...
• Re: Supercharged Westy Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:20:57 -0700
  ...While fuel is purchased in liters, and we do have the EU forcing metric measurements down our throats, we still use MPH and all...
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:41:30 -0600
  ...Terminal #12 at the ECU end of the harness and terminal #87 at the fuel pump relay. I performed this continuity test and the...
• Re: Acceleration Problem, Can't Pass NYS Inspection
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 01:03:42 -0400
  ...the first > shop, >> > the fuel gauge said it was 3/4 full, but the pump�s auto cutoff > system cut >> > me off which indicated...
• Re: Strange Vanagon problem in Belize
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:09:16 +0000
  ...I keep an entire independent 'fuel system' for troubleshooting .. independent of the entire vanagon ...just a fuel pump, can, pressure regulator and tank or...
• Was: Re: A friend bought a NEW Camero Z28..blah blah...Now Preaching to the choir about vanagons..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:31:54 -0700
  ...Oh, and fuel consumption? 25 now on my inline four gas motor certainly beats the 11 I get with the Ford.. Don Hanson Date...
• remove
  Historical mailing list - Les Ross
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:38:29 -0600
  ...of hose that fits directly on a fuel injector? This is a 1.9 digijet >system. I thought I saw posted, sometime ago, that...
• Re: Casfor Clunkers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:26:18 -0700
  ...fuel injection , but the cars are not too crazy yet, around the late 80's. an example of 'too crazy '....... tire pressure monitor systems...
• Digifant troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:34:05 -0400
  ...The idle stabilizer system must be working (valve vibrating)and responding to a good closed throttle signal. Fuel rail pressure must be at specs...
• Re: O2 sensor stuff
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 07:43:57 EST
  ...We're dealing with a system here -- you can't just remove part of it without effecting another. The Digijet seems more like a...
• New listee -- Desperately seek printed foil curcuit
  Historical mailing list - Ken Sid
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:28:49 -0800
  ...85 Jetta GL -Ole' Gray Mare 85 Vanagon GL - Goldie ------------------------- ------systemsfarm------- systemsfarm@shaw.ca ------------------------- "Any splelling errors are typos. Grammatical erros is because I...
• Re: '81 air-cooled engine stall (increase idle speed)
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Wed, 23 Sep 2020 21:29:57 -0700
  ...Smoke test the intake of the engine, make sure there's no leaks anywhere in the system Where abouts are you located? I have...
• Re: Any way to trick the Digijet ECU into generating injection pulses without the RPM/ignition signal, for test bench purposes?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:23:25 -0400
  ...Crank it on starter with a remote starter switch with fuel and ignition > systems not on. How do you install a remote starter switch...
• Re: WAS Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 May 2012 12:43:10 -0400
  If the cooling system can't keep up than there is no benefit to using a lower temp stat in warmer weather. Using the...
• Re: vanagon headers
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 16:42:49 -0400
  ...On the VW FI system the fuel injectors are not individually controlled, so the only time that one pair would be different than the...
• Sagging in rear?
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 13:26:30 +0100
  ...own vehicles to the springs to supply to installers of gas fuel systems, trailer hooks and for the mechanical adjustment of the vehicles. Our...
• Re: Mine Creaks Too
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 18:53:06 -0500
  ...I've put enough money into the new fuel lines, complete entire new >exhaust system, and getting towed home 200 miles from when the...
• Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up - how to make the system better?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:49:02 -0700
  ...The toughest part was getting the fuel hose onto the > rigid lines that run from the pump to the firewall as it was difficult...
• Re: new CA emissions standards
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:11:54 -0700
  ...I see a couple more years, then it's time to do a Soobie conversion as emissions and fuel system parts for the 84...
• Re: gas prices - LONG LIVE MY TDI!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 08:46:54 -0800
  ...Yes, fuel costs the same, in adjusted dollars, now as it did in 1950, but in 1950 you could support a family on a...
• Re: New Engine Needed
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:33:15 -0500
  ...necessarily cheapest) way. > 1) Closed loop engine management system. > 2) Digifant or better fuel injection system > 3) Stock tach and gauges work > 4) Stock...
• Model Summary for 1988 Vanagon USA
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 13:11:52 -0500
  ...engine Digifant fuel injection 90HP @ 4800RPM, 117FtLbs @ 3200RPM 4 speed manual transmission Rear wheel drive Electronic ignition Dynamic oil pressure system Thermostatically controlled 2...
• Re: B. Bobs day at the dyno and the importance of fuel air ratio update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 12:11:38 -0500
  ...braved the cold this past week and looked over the fuel injection system in my 84 camper with the big valve engine. As I...
• Re: Victor Reinz brand front main seal from engine gasket kit?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:58:36 -0400
  ...Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help?? > 3. RE - Shady Boy Awning - Initial Impression > 4. monitoring system (2) > 5. AC help > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 23...
• Re: no fuse for fuel pump? Adding fuses.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:46:06 -0500
  ...For > > most VWs not having the ignition and fuel systems fused is normal, going > > Back to even the very first Beetles. Likely the plan...
• Re: South African Secrets Revealed (Ken comes clean!)
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 09:02:36 -0800
  Regarding the 20 Gallon fuel tank: what model is it for? say maybe an 84? Where do they put the extra 4 gallons? and...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:11:43 -0400
  ...3 wire ISV like the Golf/Jetta Digifant fuel system? > > > >The only Vanagon Digifant fuel system I've ever > > > >seen has a 2 wire...
• Re: 88 fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:36:39 -0700
  ...88 fuel lines > > > From: "Randy Newell" <rattlehead_64@YAHOO.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 6:23 PM > Subject...
• Re: Don't top off gas tanks
  Historical mailing list - James
  Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:06:59 -0400
  Four or five gallons of unfilled space? Those Maine gas pumps run a lot faster than your Syncro wants to be fuelled, don't...
• Re: Fwd: Re: gas odor in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:34:58 -0500
  ...firewall fitting ok no seepage around fuel pressure relief valve thanks mike ---- John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > Turn off the engine, open the...
• Re: Bad Valve Issues/Question, Opinion sought.
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:09:21 -0400
  ...I found that one injector was barely emitting any fuel at all, and one was streaming out with fuel, even after shut off. My...
• power loss, starter problems, but nice trip anyway
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:28:44 -0800
  ...As far as the power loss goes, I traced a fuel line leak on my right fuel-rail assembly. I think that this might...
• Re: Cat / O2 Sensor Removal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 May 2008 21:51:10 -0500
  ...for fuel economy . . . but not being any type of > mechanic, I'm wondering if it would have negative impacts on other systems > that I...
• Re: Clarify On Board Propane used outside
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 7 Jul 2009 23:56:08 -0400
  ...It won't tie into your existing system, unless you spend the time to get a cross over regulator, but you can then set...
• Re: What an idiot I was... (a cooling system saga) -long
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 01:47:41 -0600
  ...I replaced the split 5/16" hose (OEM hose is a close > metric equivalent) with stock fuel line and filled the system up with...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:26:09 -0800
  ...cooling system redesign. Coolant goes into the engine at the rear and flows out the front. Yes, flow through. And for fuel consumption, imagine...
• Re: MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Dec 2010 21:57:19 -0800
  ...This tells the ECU > that there's more air going through the system than actually is, > causing it to inject extra fuel, hence for...
• Re: A bit rough idle, running. Unbalanced injectors?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:50:26 -0600
  ...Some fuel injection > systems use a valve to bypass air around the throttle plate for idle, > and the working end of this valve can...
• Re: Need some assistance to see if my mechanic is overcharging me...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:04:55 -0700
  ...fuel rails, injectors, new rubber for >> injectors provided, new spark plugs, new fuel hoses, wires, wiring >> harness, Air Flow System, with all new gaskets...